c. 1757
The Circumcision of Christ
Jacopo (Giacomo) CestaroItalian, 1718 - after 1778
Cestaro was a little-known artist from Naples whose personality as a draughtsman has gradually been teased out of obscurity by scholars, who have over the past several decades pieced together a consistent body of drawings attributable to him in museums all over Europe and America. He used a distinctively dense combination of chalk, ink, wash, and opaque watercolor to build up his tonal and atmospheric compositions.
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